An arrest warrant has been issued for former Bolivian President Evo Morales for failing to testify in a case of alleged child abuse and human trafficking.
evo morales This Thursday afternoon he was to testify for the alleged crimes of trafficking of minors of which he is accused. But his lawyers presented an excuse to justify his absence and authorities have issued an arrest warrant for him. Morales is accused of having an affair with a 15-year-old girl and impregnating her while he was president.
Six hundred police personnel were deployed in the city Tarija To guarantee that the announcement of Evo Morales was carried out normally and safely. He was called at four in the afternoon, but instead, his lawyer arrived to present an alibi, requesting that the investigation be transferred to the department. cochabambaWhere Bolivian politicians currently live.
“The rights violations continue,” the lawyer declared. George Perez After submitting the documents to the Tarija Prosecutor’s Office. For his part, the head of the Public Ministry in Tarija announced that a arrest warrant Against Evo Morales and the parents of the alleged victim.
The victim in this case would be a 15-year-old girl who had a relationship with the former President of Bolivia and had a daughter with him. A birth certificate in which Evo Morales appears as a parent is one of the documents used as evidence of the alleged crime. The girl’s parents are also being investigatedBecause they possibly consented and coerced the relationship in exchange for profit and political gain.
prosecutor sandra gutierrez Their demand is that these three people should come to testify and that they should be arrested in their absence, but since the matter has been declared confidential, they refrained from giving more information.
Morales’ associates assured him that he would not testify, alleging that his life was in danger. “Has received death threats», he said according to the EP. The eventual arrest will further fuel tensions between Morales’ supporters and current President Luis Arce, who have been embroiled in controversy for years. growing controversy Which not only divides the Bolivian left, but also raises serious doubts about the immediate political future.